Re: [boost] Moving the include directory to $BOOST_ROOT/include?(again)

-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Peter Dimov Sent: 02 June 2015 11:19 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Moving the include directory to $BOOST_ROOT/include?(again)

Tom Kent wrote:

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On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

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I want to reiterate my suggestion that we move Boost's include directory from $BOOST_ROOT to $BOOST_ROOT/include.

Our organization has been following the example in the first pages of the getting started guide [1][2] and using #include with $BOOST_ROOT in our include path, so changing that to 'include' would require major source changes to our (and presumably lots of others') code bases.

The idea is that you'd change your include path to reference $BOOST_ROOT/include, without changing a line of code.

I've been using this environment for a while and haven't encountered any breakages.

What about all the existing Visual projects and solutions? I worry that even your extra environment variable for 'legacy stuff' will cause trouble. Having been told by David Abrahams that environment variables are evil, and getting rid of $BOOST_ROOT references, it now seems that they will be essential. I'm still struggling to understand the value of the benefits, compared with those risks. Paul --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal UK LA8 8AB +44 (0) 1539 561830